Showing posts with label Audrey Shaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Audrey Shaw. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 April 2020

The tides of change in Mill Hill Broadway - 1958 to 2009 (updated with pics 2020)

Audrey Shaw
Editor Note - This blog was originally written by Audrey Shaw in 2010 for the amusement of readers of the Barnet Eye, she had found an old list of shops in the Broadway in 1959 and updated it with the occupants in 2009. In 2010, she suggested I could post it on my blog. Audrey passed away recently.  She moved from Mill Hill a couple of years ago. Today was her funeral so in tribute, I've updated her blog with some modern pictures and some older ones.

Many long standing locals will know Audrey from Lloyds bank, where she was a cashier for over 30 years and from the Sacred Heart Church. Today is her funeral, we will drink her health as a family at 8.30pm

Enjoy

Lets start with a little look at the Broadway before the Motorway, back in 1920!


Now onto Audrey's post from 2009

By Audrey Shaw,

A little bit of fun for the weekend. This is how Mill Hill Broadway has changed since the Shaw family moved to Mill Hill in 1958.

Mill Hill as it was in 1958
North side.

Hillings Ltd (nurserymen) NOW…./……1/7 Marks & Spencer & Car Park
Lebons Coal Merchants
Mill Hill Station Goods Yard

(This was before the M ! Motorway)
London Slate & Tile Co.
3 Rickett Cockrell & Co (Coal Merchants)
3a Cherry Coal Merchants
5 Callis R N Cycle Dealer
5a Blair K Electrical Engs.
5b Bradstreet & Co.Estate Agents
9 Daborn J A F Ltd Art Dealer 9 The Tavern
9 Sydney Dunn Outfitters
11 Bailey H Hairdresser 11 Liason Hairdressers

13 Flemings Confectioners 13 Sarastem Travel Agents
15/17 J Sainsbury Provisions 5/17 Best One
19 Electricity Service Centre 19 Costa Restraunt



Entrance to Millway
21 Barclays Bank Ltd 21 Barclays Bank Ltd
23 Meyers Fruiterers 23 Fratelli Deli
23 Lewis Tobacconist
25 Walton Hassel & Port Grocers 25 Jennings Betting
27 Mill Hill Post Office 27 Hees Restraunt
29 W.H.Smith & Sons Stationers 29 W H Smith & Sons Stationers
31 Boltons Florists 31 Care Chemist
33 United Dairies Ltd 33 Halifax Bdg Soc.
35 North Thames Gas Board 35 Post Office
37 Renovator Shoe Service 37 Cancer Rearch
37 A Marks Antiques
39 Dewhurst Butchers 39 A & Y Locksmith

41 G.O Lett Radio Dealer
41 Achille Serre Dyers & Cleaners 41 American Dry Cleaners
43 F W Woolworth & Co Ltd 43 Iceland
45Liptons Tea/ 45a Grisson Confectioners 45 Santander Bank


47 McDedermotts Boots & Shoes 47 La Mode
49 Dorothy Perkins Lingerie 49 Ronald Brown Opticions
51 The Elite Confectioners 51 All Abroad Charity
51 Diane Ladies Wear 51 Wild Swans
55 Westminster Bank Ltd 55 Nat West Bank


57 U K tea Co. 57 Tony & Guy
59/61 Walters & Drew Ltd Outfitters 59/61 Sports shop
63 Reeds Mens & Boys Wear 63/65 Image
Exeter House Exeter House
67 E R Goodrich Hardwear 67 Bar & Kitchen
69 Randalls Boots & Shoes
71 Richards Hicks Greengrocers 69/71 image
73/75 Midland Bank td 73/75 H.S B C Bank
77 Wool Kraft Wool Shop 77 Aquapuncture Centre
79 Owen Aves Optician Shut
Mill Hill Scenes
81 Morris Ladies Hairdresser 81 Sapori Deli
83 Telephone Exchange 83 Telephone Exch /Now in Goodwyn Ave.

85 Ruthella Millinery 85 Mill Hill Wines
87 Ann Cooper 87 Tzefira Jewellery
89 Nottley Newsagents 89 Broadway News

91Hebbs Furnishers Ltd 91 Kilworth

93 Home linens Ltd 93 Hena Salons
95 Macfisheries 95 Mill Hill Prem Bath Rooms
97/101 London Coop Soc. 97/101 Bell at Mill Hill
103 Payantakes Stores Ltd 103 Goodwood Furniture
Mill Hill Scenes 105 Lawleys China & Glass 105 Shut
Mill Hill Scenes 107 Tolley & Co Chemist 107 Nails
109 WhiteHeather Restrauant 109 Mirror Image
111 Hutleys Greengrocers 111 Pizza Hut
111 Glovers Gents Hairdressers
113 Kenyon Ladies Fashions 113 Red Rooster
115 Vernon Williams Drapers 115 The Shop Retail
117 J G Miller Ltd Tobacconists 117 Claudio
117 Marie Milliner 117 Princess Daisy

119 Jessies Greengrocers 119 Deli Express
121 Parker Shoe Repair Service 121 Modish Tress
121 Pylons Radio Ltd 121 Sole to Sole
123 E W Leech & Sons Ltd 123 Day of the Raj
125 David J Hume Travel Bureau
127 Lloyds Bank Ltd 125/127 Lloyds T S B

Here is Goodwyn Ave.

129 Express Dairy 129 Frank Usher Ladies Fashions
131 Elkins Bros Mens Outfitters 131 Classic Flooring
133 H A Blunt & Sons ltd 133 Radiation Made to Measure
135/137 Cosway Estate Agents 135/137 Cosway Estate Agents
139 Wendys Corsetiers 139 Clinic
141 Patricia Hairdressers 141 Neda Spa
The Hunters Horn Rest. The Good Earth

Mill Hill South Side Mill Hill South side
C J Hunt& CoLtd

This is Mill Hill Bus Station

Brix Ltd Builders to make way for the M1
Charringtons Coals
Rene Ladies Wear

Here Is Station Rd

2 The New Café 2 The Mill Hill Tandoori Restaurant

Mill Hill Scenes

4 A R cross Chemist 4 Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe
6 G W Rice & Son Domestic Hardwear 6 Mail Box Etc

8/10 National Prov.Bank 8/10 Bairstow Eves Estate Agents
12 Lidstone Butchers 12 Cooksley Butchers
14 Perry Wine Merchants 14 Dolland & Aitcheson
16Tip-Top Dry Cleane 16 H O B ,Hair on Broadway
18 Mill Hill T/V 18 Marie Curie Charity
20 Mac Fisheries 20 Jennys


22 Kentfield Stationers 22 Ellis & Co Estate Agents
24 North London Conservative Assn. 24 Fone House
26 Carpenters Solicitors 26 Carpenters Solicitors
26 Griffiths Bros Builders 26 Café Sandwich Bar
28 Spurriers Bakers 28 Barbers Shop
28 L Salin Confectioner 28 Gioletto Gifts
30 Tanare Ltd Ladies Wear 30 Howard Bros Outfitters

Here is Brockenhurst Gardens

32/34 Boots The Chemist 32/34 Boots The Chemist

36 Eastmans Dry Cleaners 36 Logo
36 Elsa Arridge Gowns 36 Rickman
38 Corfields Jewellers 38 Ladbrokes Betting
40 Thompson & Son Butchers 40 Olives Rest.
42 Denfield Ladies Hairdressers 42 Agra Quick Film
42 Mill Hill Travel Centre 42 Sew On
44 Battsons Bakers 44 Greggs Bakers
46 Cullens Stores 46 Nationwide Bdg Soc
48 Newman & Son Butchers 48 Leyla Rest.
50 Freeman Hardy & Willis 50 Oxfam Charity
52 John Nodes Funeral Service 52 Ton Ton Turtle
54 Regent Tableware Ltd 54 Broadway Car Hire
54 Richard James Estate Agents
56 T Davies Lingerie 56 In and Out
Mill Hill Scenes
58 Mence Smith Hardware 58 Norman James Ltd Hardware
60 Kate Trorman Gowns 60 Millet Sports
62 Lewis Electrical Services 62 Dry Cleaners
64 Rosin Confectioners & Bakers 64 Daniel Shoes Ladies
64 Foxwell Tobacco 66 Blockbusters
66 Scottish Dyers ^ Cleaners

Mill Hill Scenes
Sacred Heart Catholic Church being rebuilt 1995

Here is Flower Lane

Mebes & Mebes Garage Star Garage

Here is Hartley Ave.


Building that used to be the Capitol Cinema Athene House Offices
88 Edgware Garden Supplies 88 Delisserie
90 Ainsleys Tobacco& Confectionery 90 Bakery
94 Bradshaw & \Co Estate Agents 92 Pizza Express
Union Reform Church Union Reform Church to be Demolished
April 2010
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Audrey Shaw is a long time Mill Hill resident. Guest blogs are always welcome at the Barnet Eye.

This blog was first published on the 16th May 2010. Sadly Audrey passed away recently, so I have updated it with the current shop is in Mill Hill as a tribute to Audrey. I've also added a few other views from over the years. It was Audreys funeral today. Sadly, due to Covid, I couldn't attend.
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Wednesday, 15 April 2020

Audrey Shaw RIP 25 June 1930 - 14 April 2020


Auntie Audrey
Last night, at 8.18pm, my beloved Auntie Audrey embarked on her final journey, to whatever lies beyond this life.  Audrey was my mother's younger sister, the youngest of six children of James and Anne Fanning, my grandparents. Five years younger than my mother, she was born relatively late to my grandmother. Her eldest sister Margo was already almost an adult by the time Audrey appeared on the scene. Until Audrey appeared on the scene, my mother had been the apple of my grandmother's eye, but the new and perhaps unexpected baby usurped her from this role. I remember having a long chat about this with my mum. Although she wouldn't admit it, she was clearly fiercely jealous of Audrey when she arrived. This lasted through the 1930s until the start of the second world war. At this point, Audrey and my mother were evacuated to Kettering. Audrey, who was only nine at this point was suddenly torn away from the loving care of our grandmother. My mother realised that she had the responsibility to make sure Audrey was ok, found herself to be fiercely protective of her younger sister. My grandparents had very different characters. My grandfather, an Irish immigrant and veteran of the first world war was a cynical, very socialist survivor. My grandmother was a very kind, sweet lady. I never met her, but my elder brothers and sisters described her in saintly terms. I came to realise that my mother had her fathers character in many ways, but Audrey had her mothers. As such, my mother always felt that she had to look out for Audrey, as Audrey was in my mum's eyes, a little too nice for this world

The last time I visited Audrey, last year, we discussed the evacuation. She said how kind my Mum was to her, always putting her first and making sure she was alright. It was not a happy period for either, but they bonded and would always look out of each other after that.  After the war, Audrey found herself back with her mother, living at 56 Milling Road, Burnt Oak. After a couple of boyfriends deemed unsuitable by my mum (who told me how she literally chased one off), she met Michael Shaw. My mum confessed to me that when Audrey met Michael, she was relieved, as he was a good man and she knew his intentions towards Audrey were honourable.

Audrey and Michael married in the late 1950's and soon had a daughter, Gabrielle. She was followed by another daughter, Anita, then another daughter Julia and finally, yet another daughter Hilary. In 1960, when my grandmother passed away, Audrey and Michael bought the house in Marion Road, Mill Hill, that my mother and her siblings had bought and were renovating for my grandmother. This house became a place of great joy. Whereas my mum, perhaps due to her experiences of poverty in Oldham, was always a bit of a skinflint when it came to shopping and her kids presents, Audrey was someone who saw the kids as her life and no expense was spared. Whereas we were given marmite and told it was good for us, the Shaw girls got chocolate spread. When I was at St Vincents School, I soon realised that I could spend my bus fare on sweets at Lambs ( a small shop by Angel Pond), I would then walk back to our house, stopping off at Audreys for a cup of tea and a chocolate spread sandwich. As Audrey had no boys, she'd always welcome me with open arms. Her house was full of music. When I was a toddler my mum had a piano, but she gave it to Audrey when she realised that I wanted to play it. The noise of me tunelessly bashing the keys was driving her mad. Audrey took the piano and paid for her daughters to have lessons.

I had been born in August 1962 and my cousin Anita was born two weeks later in September. As I was premature, I should have been born in October, but I somehow leapfrogged her and ended up in the year above. Being dyslexic (or thick as it was described in the 1960's), I had the indignity of having Anita as my cousin, who was always top of her class. The only downside of a trip to see Auntie Audrey was that I had to listen to how well Anita was doing, and hear of all her achievements and awards. It was worth it for the tea, the biscuits and the chocolate spread sarnies. Audrey was perhaps the proudest Mum I've ever known. We recently found my grandmothers family were originally Jewish refugees and had changed their name and religion to avoid persecution. I always thought Audrey would make an excellent Jewish mother, with her pride in her daughters. When I watch 'Friday Night Dinner', I can imagine Audrey if she'd had boys.

In the mid 1970's, my eldest brother went through a divorce and for a while, Audrey looked after his son Chris. Audrey confided that this was perhaps the happiest time for her. Although she loved her daughters, she would have dearly loved to have a boy. Chris was a beautiful baby and the girls all doted on him. When eventually Chris returned to live with my brother, Audrey was heartbroken. Chris visited Audrey recently, before her illness. He spent a day chatting and looking at photos. Audrey excitedly rang me to tell me how thrilled this had made her.

Audrey was a very bright and astute woman. She worked for many years in Lloyds bank in Mill Hill. As the family prospered, they moved in the late 1970's to a bigger house in Goodwyn Avenue. Audrey was a stalwart supporter of the Sacred Heart Church. She used to manage the red charity boxes for the church, using her skills as a bank teller. She would also count the collection. In my last conversation before her illness, she went through all of the church volunteers and told me which ones were any good at counting money. There was one chap who she held in high disdain, as not only was he slow, but he always got it wrong. Audrey was a very organised person, she also contributed one of the most read blogs on this site, detailing the changes in Mill Hill Broadway between 1959 and 2010.

This was another trait of Audreys, one that used to intensely irritate my mum. She was an inveterate gossip. She loved a bit of scandal. My mother hated gossip and would often tell Audrey off for passing on some salacious titbit she'd learned. The number of times my Mum would announce "You'll never believe what Bloody Audrey told me today". I'd say "what was that Mum?". She'd say "I can't possibly tell you, I told her not to say such things!". Of course, being a bit of a gossip myself, I'd go straight around to Audreys, and she'd fill me in on the scandal, cautioning "Don't tell your mum I told you, she'd get very cross". Through Audrey, I learned of all the third cousins, twice removed who were having illicit affairs, etc.

Audrey was very much a peoples person, she hated solitude. When her husband Michael had to have an operation on his leg, she rang me up to say that the telly wasn't working and could I nip around and fix it. By this time all her daughters had moved out of Mill Hill. I nipped around, and realised that there was nothing wrong with the telly, she was just a bit lonely. We had a cup of tea and a biscuit and she said that the previous night, with Michael in hospital, was the first night she'd ever spent in a house alone in her life. She said that she'd always been with her mum and her family, then with Michael. She told me that her biggest fear was loneliness. Towards the end of his life, Michael suffered severe dementia and became difficult. Shortly before she moved to Whitstable, to be near her daughters, I asked if she was coping. She told me that although Michael was difficult, she couldn't stand the thought of being alone.

When Michael passed away a couple of years ago, I was really worried for her. I was pleased that when I last saw her, she told me that she'd adapted and that she was pleased to be able to resume her life, which had pretty much been put on hold towards the end of Michael's life.

At the start of the year, I determined to undertake a project. It occurred to me that there are many elderly people around who have the most amazing memories of how our community has evolved and changed. I made a list of those. I determined that in the summer, I would make a film of their memories, interview them and get them to talk about their lives. Audrey was the very top of that list.

Sadly that film will now never be made.

My nephew Chris, now a wold famous, BAFTA winning animator and director of the Clangers, made a video of my mum's 75th Birthday party. I had a look at it this morning to remind me of better times. There is some lovely footage of Audrey at 36 seconds and 23.11.  So many of the elder generation are gone. We will not see their like again.




My thoughts and prayers are with Gabrielle, Anita, Julia and Hilary. As Audrey had Covid and there is a lockdown, they couldn't hold her hand as she left to rejoin Michael. I guess the small blessing is that with technology, they were able to sing, prey and pass on our messages. They were lucky to have such a lovely mum.
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Wednesday, 7 November 2012

A history lesson from Councillor John Hart

As usual, the most entertaining speech in Barnet Town Hall last night was from Councillor John Hart. I thoroughly enjoy the old boy when he's on form. After a recent meeting he gave me some sound advice, suggesting I'd be far happier if I gave up blogging and followed the French example and got myself a mistress. When I suggested to John that my wife wouldn't approve, he disagreed "You'd be so much less of a miserable git that she'd be over the moon". I am not convinced.

John last night stated that the demise of the High Street was nothing to do with parking charges, in fact they'd been brought in to help the shops by unclogging parking spaces. I really must take John up to see Helen Michael in Finchley, I think she may be able to "educate" him a little as to where his thesis is flawed.

I think John has rather missed the point. I sometimes bump into him in Waitrose in Mill Hill (which has free parking) stocking up on the fine malt whisky and quails eggs which keep him so young and virile. Anyway, here is his tour de force. John beat me in the last council election. For all his faults, I'm glad that if someone had to beat me it was him, he is good value for money.


By the way, for those with memories as long as John Hart, back in 2010, I posted a fascinanting guest blog from Audrey Shaw, listing the shops in Mill Hill Broadway in 1957 and what they are today. I am sure John would approve. It says much about the way our lives have changed

http://barneteye.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/tides-of-change-in-mill-hill-broadway.html


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